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9 settembre 2014

The 12th edition of Pitti Immagine Fragranze (website here) will take place next 12-14 September, taking to scenic Stazione Leopolda (Florence) all the best in artistic perfumery. The open day to the public is Saturday 13th... don't miss it!

(this post originates here)Brutus,
Stercus and Boccanera make up a trilogy based on a woody accord
including perhaps cipriol, ebanol or something similar; ingredients
which Alessandro is most related to (he also used this in his
Nasomatto line: in Blamage, in Duro and above all in the fragrance
that made everyone fall in love before other composers started
imitating it: Black Afghano. There was a ton in it!). Each one of the
three associates the woody accord with a second accord,
characterizing it.

Hazelnut/cocoa/yeast/patchouli in Boccanera make a
soft, dry, extremely sophisticated feeling, as comfortable as a suede
glove. The "yeast" feeling is really intriguing and quite
original, and makes Boccanera one of the warmest and most sensual
fragrances I've ever worn and asked ​​to wear.

Today
I'm writing about Viride, Stercus, Brutus, Boccanera and Bergamask,
the new "Orto Parisi" line by Alessandro Gualtieri (better
known as the Nasomatto).

Some
people see the names of these fragrances as another provocation from
Alessandro (Stercus means, well... manure; Brutus means something
near "villain", Bergamask is a play on words between the
city of Bergamo and the word "musk", sounding like "males
from Bergamo" etc.) but I only see this as a confirmation of the
fact that Alessandro has a precise idea of what perfumery is, an
idea that differs a lot from the clean and harmless one,
all-candies-and-white-musks of many industrial brands (and sometimes
also of many niche brands too).

His
taste for sensuality is primitive, irrational and un-domesticated,
he's not afraid to evoke human "filth" in order to
communicate what's in his mind. In the end, composers who have the
courage of their convictions are not so many ... and when I find one,
I usually appreciate it.

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